This series contains correspondence arranged chronologically. Of note in this series is correspondence with colleagues at
UCSF, as well as colleagues at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The National Cancer Institute,
and National Institutes of Health.
Two folders in this series are restricted due to privacy concerns.

This series contains materials produced by Varmus and others as part of the Human Retrovirus Study Group. Varmus chaired
the subcommittee that was charged with determining the nomenclature for the AIDS virus. There is one folder of subcommittee
correspondence that is restricted.